Hell, I'll send him 10 bucks if he promises to never appear in the news for any reason ever again.

And he learned about it from this guy:

I would have thought his method would've involved pillaging villages and cutting peasants in half with an axe.

madmann: Hell, I'll send him 10 bucks if he promises to never appear in the news for any reason ever again.

I'd buy that ticket.

Well it certainly can't be by making good music, so what is it?

dur dur dur metallica hate dur dur dur

the piece of "art" in question.

Lars is a douche.

That is all.

what a dickweed.

jasonthenino: the piece of "art" in question.

Garbage "art" like that benefits from the emperor's new clothes syndrome.

stickindamud

So is that supposed to be a question? Or is the caption just really excited about remembering when Metallica rocked?

Your Ass = Meat.

NAPSTER BAAAAD!!!!

Well, the NYT link requires registration...

This article here says:

In 2002 Ulrich sold five works at a Christie's auction in New York, including Basquiat's "Profit I" (1982)

/heh, heh .."profit I"

RE: the piece of "art" in question.

14 million for that?!! I was really traumatized when I saw what those 'boxers' did to poor R2D2 - there is no way I want a constant reminder on my wall! pass ...

/ puff, puff, pass.

Basquiat is pure shiat.

jasonthenino: the piece of "art" in question.

That's farking sweet!

That is so metal, man!! \m/ \m/

That will buy a fair amount of caviar.

solyhhit: jasonthenino: the piece of "art" in question.

That's farking sweet!

Its cool, but I could find better things to drop $12-16 Mil. on.

I liked this guy better when he was drinking.

the piece of "art" in question

Isn't that incredible? This particular painting is valued so much more than thousands of paintings that I (and many others) would consider to be superior.

The art world confounds me.

MatrixOutsider: jasonthenino: the piece of "art" in question.

Garbage "art" like that benefits from the emperor's new clothes syndrome.

Then who better to be an aficionado than Lars Ulrich?

solyhhit: jasonthenino: the piece of "art" in question.

That's farking sweet!

You're kidding, right? That photo of Matt Lesko has more artistic value than this turd.

lightinggeek: Lars is a douche.

That is all.

But people keep buying the records...

Have to admit, even after all this time, and the downloading music business/napster, I still don't really see why Lars was wrong, or why Metallica so hated. I mean, what a musician/businessman says won't impact me one way or another or alter my downloading (if I do that at all..) habits.

He's a guy who made a product, and people were stealing it. Then those same people were getting angry when he said they were stealing it.

The Art market is still strong and the rich have lots of money, so it's a good time to sell.

There's also still the linger question of the length of Basquiat's shelf-life.

jasonthenino: the piece of "art" in question.

Looks an awful lot like something by Basquiat.

On another note, Lars needs a lot of money. The gay porn he has imported is supposed to be really expensive.

/not taking a shot at being gay, just relaying a story told by a former Metallica employee

Whoa. Actually RTFA and I got it right. I'm shocked.

voran: Have to admit, even after all this time, and the downloading music business/napster, I still don't really see why Lars was wrong, or why Metallica so hated. I mean, what a musician/businessman says won't impact me one way or another or alter my downloading (if I do that at all..) habits.

He's a guy who made a product, and people were stealing it. Then those same people were getting angry when he said they were stealing it.

Maybe so, but you have to learn to roll with the times. People reacted badly, he either has to learn to deal with that. Or not.

Lars is so not metul. I bet he even drinks milk sumetimes and tells his kids he luvs them. Loser. Metul rooles!

napster was EIGHT farking years ago... let it go.

I liked my headline better:

Dumbass - "Some kind of monster tries to sell his art collection while investors wonder for whom the bell tolls. Hope he makes some scratch from that Basquiat."

/Lars is the ass-master of puppets
//nothing else matters
///including me posting this

voran: Have to admit, even after all this time, and the downloading music business/napster, I still don't really see why Lars was wrong, or why Metallica so hated. I mean, what a musician/businessman says won't impact me one way or another or alter my downloading (if I do that at all..) habits.

He's a guy who made a product, and people were stealing it. Then those same people were getting angry when he said they were stealing it.

This.

Lars wasn't wrong. He saw what was coming and took a stand early on. I have no idea how much of a bastard/egotist he is since I've never met him face to face, but he's a kickass drummer and I've basically enjoyed Metallica's music from Day 1. I do however want to strangle whoever mastered Death Magnetic and allowed it to be released with such hideous sound quality.

People think they are entitled to steal music just because there are programs out there that make it very easy to do so. They also love to biatch and moan about everything on the Internet. Metallica bashing got old years ago.